Climate

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What's at Stake

Drought. Flood. Shorter growing seasons. Economic insecurity. Famine. For farming and forest communities around the world, the impacts of climate change are already real rather than hypothetical. In today's hyper-connected world, fighting climate change and building resilience to its impact are urgent priorities for us all.

Agriculture and Climate Change

Agriculture is the driver of an estimated 80 percent of tropical deforestation—and farming activities cause an estimated 10-12 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Feeding 9.8 billion people by 2050 without overwhelming the planet is one of the most urgent challenges of our time.

Our Work in Climate

The Rainforest Alliance works with rural communities, businesses, and governments around the world to advance climate-smart land management and sustainable economic development through training, carbon project validation/verification, and participation in international climate frameworks like REDD+.

Pedro Cruz Cortés, member of a Rainforest Alliance Certified™ coffee cooperative that practices climate-smart agriculture to restore forests and generate carbon benefits for a group of indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico

Climate-smart coffee farming

A group of Rainforest Alliance Certified™ coffee farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico, have adopted our agroforestry model to restore the health of their land and build resilience to climate change. They're even generating carbon credits for reforesting: the group will likely remove 130,000 tons of emissions from the atmosphere over 30 years—that’s about the equivalent of the annual emissions for 27,000 cars.

8,794,000 cars

equivalent annual emissions of greenhouse gases removed or avoided by projects we verify and validate

Data accurate as of June 15, 2016.

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Rainforest Alliance has validated and/or verified 140+ forest carbon projects around the world. Through these projects, we have verified the reduction and/or removal of greenhouse gases equal to the annual emissions of 8,794,000 cars.

76,490 students

worldwide have studied our climate and environmental curriculum

Data accurate as of June 24, 2016.

Educating Future Climate Leaders

We've trained 6,053 teachers to use our learning tools and to lead students in creating climate preparedness projects in their communities. In addition to in-person training, 4.5 million people have visited our website to view and use our curriculum.